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Review of live blogging and running commentaries on breaking news, with recommendations
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The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world's most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale.
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The urban, middle-class youngsters might not like the rules imposed on them by the clerics who run their country, but they have learned how to live with them. After all, 60 per cent of the population has never known any Iran other than the 30-year-old Islamic republic.
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The mob may be an evil, but even in the 21st century it may be a democratic necessity.
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"There is, however, one thing our governments can and should do, without needing to say anything in direct relation to the authorities in Iran. This is to maintain and enhance the 21st-century global information infrastructure which allows Iranians – whichever candidate they support – to keep in touch with each other and to find out what is really happening in their own country. "
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"The overriding purpose of the Iraq inquiry announced by Gordon Brown last week is to restore public confidence in governmental decision-making. To achieve this, it needs to be conducted by independent individuals who reflect a range of views necessary to address the issues and in a politically balanced way."
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boinbboing aggregation of sites and analysis re Iran
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Biases and social media - One of the reasons MSM outlets are so focused on social media is that they’re not able to deploy reporters to cover these protests. In some cases, the majority of reporting from the ground is coming from social media. It’s worth asking what the biases might be in amplifying those social media reports.
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Roger Cohen on Twitter, Iran and lessons thereof
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